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The States-Provincial (Provinciale Staten, or PS - commonly known as simply the Staten, or States) is the provincial parliament and legislative assembly in each province of the Netherlands. The States-Provincial ( Provinciale Staten, or PS - commonly known as simply the Staten, or States) is the provincial parliament and legislative The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands The politics of the Netherlands take place within the framework of a parliamentary Representative democracy, a Constitutional monarchy and a The Netherlands and The Kingdom of the Netherlands are two distinct geographical and administrative entities The Council of Ministers of the Kingdom ( Dutch: Ministerraad van het Koninkrijk or Rijksministerraad) is the executive council of the Kingdom of the The Minister Plenipotentiary of Aruba (Gevolmachtigd Minister van Aruba represents the constituent country of Aruba in the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom The Minister Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands Antilles (Gevolmachtigd Minister van de Nederlandse Antillen represents the constituent country of the Netherlands Antilles The Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands (in Dutch Statuut voor het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden; in Papiamentu Statuut pa e Reino di Hulanda) describes the The Constitution of the Netherlands is the Fundamental law of the European territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Human rights of the Netherlands are codified in the Dutch constitution. The Netherlands has been an independent Monarchy since 16 March 1815, and has been governed by members of the House of Orange-Nassau Willem-Alexander Prince of Orange (in Dutch: Prins van Oranje The States-General ( Staten-Generaal) is the Parliament of the Netherlands. The Eerste Kamer ( First Chamber) is the Upper House or Senate of the Netherlands parliament the States-General The Historic composition of the Eerste Kamer gives an overview of the composition of the Higher House of the Dutch parliament The Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal ( literally "Second Chamber of the States-General" short Tweede Kamer, is the Dutch Lower house. 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The Netherlands has a Multi-party system with numerous parties in which any one party has little This article gives an overview of liberalism in the Netherlands. This article gives an overview of socialism in the Netherlands, including Communism and Social democracy. This article gives an overview of Christian democracy in the Netherlands, which is also called confessional politics, including political catholicism and Elections in the Netherlands are held for six territorial levels the European Union (beyond the scope of this article the state the 12 Provinces Provincial elections were held in the Netherlands, on March 7, 2007. The 2006 Dutch general elections were held in the Netherlands on Wednesday November 22, 2006, and followed the call for new elections after The Dutch municipal elections of 2006 were held on March 7 2006. The Dutch referendum on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe was a consultative Referendum that was held on 1 June 2005 to decide if the The European Parliament election of 2004 in the Netherlands was the election of MEP representing Netherlands constituency for the 2004-2009 term of the European A Dutch province represents the administrative layer in between the national government and the local municipalities having the responsibility for matters of subnational or regional Dutch water boards (waterschappen or nl ''hoogheemraadschappen'' are regional government bodies in the Netherlands. |||} All provinces of the Netherlands are divided into municipalities ( gemeenten) together 443 (2007 The European Union is a unique entity possessing elements of Intergovernmentalism, Supranationalism and a Multi-party Parliamentary democracy The Foreign policy of the Netherlands is based on four basic commitments to the atlantic cooperation, to European integration, to International This page lists embassies and consulates posted in the Netherlands. Listed below are the embassies and consulates of the Netherlands, excluding honorary consulates Europe Tirana A High Council of State (in Dutch: Hoog College van Staat) is a council of which the independence is guaranteed in the Constitution of the Netherlands. The National Ombudsman (in Dutch: Nationale Ombudsman) is a Dutch political office In the Netherlands, the Council of State ( Raad van State) is a Constitutionally established advisory body to the Government which consists of The General Chamber of Auditors (in Dutch: Algemene Rekenkamer) is an independent organ that Audits the spending of the national government on its Efficiency The Sociaal-Economische Raad (Social Economic Council SER is a major economic advisory council of the Dutch government The Hoge Raad der Nederlanden ( High Council of the Netherlands) is the Supreme Court of the Netherlands, situated in The Hague. De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB The Dutch Bank) is the Central bank of the Netherlands. Rise of Socialism In the beginning of the 20th century socialism began to develop in the Netherlands Information on politics by country is available for every Country, including both De jure and De facto independent A Dutch province represents the administrative layer in between the national government and the local municipalities having the responsibility for matters of subnational or regional The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands It is elected for each province simultaneously once every four years and has the responsibility for matters of subnational or regional importance. Each States-Provincial is directly elected by the electors within the relevant province, and the size of each States-Provincial is relative to its number of inhabitants.

From 1813 to 1850 the noble members of the ridderschap chose one third of the members of States-Provincial. Nobility is a government-privileged title which may be either hereditary (see Hereditary titles) or for a lifetime For other meanings see Ridder. Ridderschap and Ridderschap of Holland redirect here - for ships that held this name see Ridderschap van Holland Johan Rudolf Thorbecke's reforms and his "Provinces Law" ("provinciewet") of 1850 brought this privilege to an end. ( January 14, 1798 – June 4, 1872) was one of the most important Dutch politicians

Before 11 March 2003, the States-Provincial had only been the administration (ie the executive government) of the province, but after that date it has become the collective of representatives within the province, whose principle role is to oversee the administration of most executive tasks. In Political science and Constitutional law, the executive is the branch of government responsible for the day-to-day management of the State. In Political science and Constitutional law, the executive is the branch of government responsible for the day-to-day management of the State. These tasks are now in the hands of the Gedeputeerde Staten, a provincial college elected every four years from the States-Provincial's members. The Gedeputeerde Staten and the States-Provincial are both presided over by that province's Commissaris van de Koningin or royal commissioner, appointed by the Crown every 6 years. The King's Commissioner (Commissaris van de Koning is the head of a Province in the Netherlands, who is chairman of both the Provinciale Staten (PS the

Soon after their election the combined members of the States-Provincial elect the members of the Eerste Kamer of the States-General of the Netherlands. The Eerste Kamer ( First Chamber) is the Upper House or Senate of the Netherlands parliament the States-General The States-General ( Staten-Generaal) is the Parliament of the Netherlands.

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Number of seats in each States-Provincial

Before 2007, the size of a States-Provincial ranged from 39 members for a province with less than 200,000 inhabitants to 55 members for a province with more than 2,500,000 inhabitants. As a consequence of a change to the Provinciewet by the States-Provincial elections of 7 March 2007, the total number of States-Provincial members will be reduced from the present 764 to 564. The maximum size of a States-Provincial was reduced from 83 members to 55, for provinces with more than 2,000,000 inhabitants. The minimum size of 39 remained unchanged, but for provinces of less then 400,000 inhabitants (rather than the previous 200,000). A survey of the change in seats per province:

Province Seats before 2007 Seats after 2007
Groningen 55 43
Friesland 55 43
Drenthe 51 41
Overijssel 63 47
Flevoland 47 39
Gelderland 75 53
Utrecht 63 47
Noord-Holland 83 55
Zuid-Holland 83 55
Zeeland 47 39
Noord-Brabant 79 55
Limburg 63 47
TOTAL 764 564

A consequence of this reduction in the number of seats is that the kiesdrempel (or minimum number of votes needed for a party to gain at least one seat in an assembly) will rise. Groningen is the northeasternmost province of the Netherlands. Friesland ( West Frisian: Fryslân, Dutch Friesland) is a province in the north of the Netherlands and part of the bigger region known Drenthe is a province of the Netherlands, located in the north-east of the country Overijssel (Transiselania is a Province of the Netherlands in the central eastern part of the country Flevoland is a province of the Netherlands. Located in the centre of the country at the location of the former Zuiderzee, the province was established on Gelderland ( English also Guelders) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country Utrecht ( ˈyːtrɛxt is the smallest province of the Netherlands, and is located in the center of the country North Holland ( Dutch: Noord-Holland,, West Frisian: Noôrd-Holland) is a province situated on the North Sea in the South Holland ( Dutch:) is a province situated on the North Sea in the western part of the Netherlands. Zeeland ( also called Zealand in English and Zeelandic, is a province of the Netherlands. North Brabant ( Dutch: Noord-Brabant,) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the south of the country bordered by Belgium Limburg ( Dutch: (Nederlands Limburg is the southern-most of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands. In Party-list proportional representation systems an election threshold is a clause that stipulates that a party must receive a minimum percentage of votes either Depending on the province, the kiesdrempel will lie between 1. 5% and more than 2% of the votes. Because of this, it will become harder for small parties to win a seat. This may also have consequences for the representation of small parties in the Eerste Kamer.

Elections by party by province

Provincie 2003 2007
CDA PvdA VVD GL SP D66 CU SGP LPF (overig) totaal CDA PvdA VVD GL SP D66 CU SGP PvdD (overig) totaal
Groningen 12 20 7 5 3 2 4 0 0 2 55 9 12 5 3 7 1 4 0 1 1 43
Friesland 16 15 6 3 1 1 3 0 7+1+1+1 55 12 12 5 2 4 0 3 0 0 5 43
Drenthe 12 19 9 4 0 2 2 0 1 2 51 10 13 8 2 5 0 3 0 0 0 41
Overijssel 24 15 9 3 3 2 4 2 1 0 63 17 9 7 2 6 0 5 1 0 0 47
Flevoland 10 12 11 3 2 2 4 1 2 0 47 8 7 9 2 6 0 5 1 1 0 39
Gelderland 24 18 13 5 4 3 3 4 1 0 75 15 10 9 3 7 1 4 3 1 0 53
Utrecht 16 14 14 6 3 4 3 2 1 0 63 11 8 10 4 5 2 4 1 1 1 47
Noord-Holland 17 24 20 8 5 5 1 2 1 83 11 10 13 5 9 2 2 2 1 55
Zuid-Holland 20 20 18 5 4 4 3 4 4 1 83 13 10 12 3 8 1 4 2 1 1 55
Zeeland 13 10 7 2 2 1 3 6 0 1+2 47 10 6 6 2 5 0 3 5 0 2 39
Noord-Brabant 30 17 15 4 6 3 1 2 1 79 18 8 11 2 12 1 1 1 1 55
Limburg 28 14 9 3 4 2 0 0 1 2 63 18 8 7 2 9 1 0 0 1 1 47
Totaal 222 198 138 51 37 31 26+5 19+5 15 22 764 151 114 102 32 83 9 35+3 13+3 9 13 564

Due to defections from one party to another and other such reasons the number of seats can fluctuate during each inter-elections period. This table only shows the distribution straight after the elections.

The named 'overige' (majority party) for 2007 are:

Seat distribution in the States-Provincial after the 2007 elections

Statenverkiezingen means State-Provincial elections. The Party for the North ( Partij voor het Noorden, or PvhN) is a regional political party in the Netherlands, representing the interests of the provinces The Frisian National Party ( West Frisian: Frysk Nasjonale Partij; Friese Nationale Partij is a Frisian Nationalist Political party Livable Zuid-Holland ( Leefbaar Zuid-Holland) is a Dutch provincial-level political party whose aim is to represent the many local-level parties in provincial-level The Party for Zeeland ( Partij voor Zeeland) is a provincial political party in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands. The Brabant Party ( Brabantse Partij) is a provincial Political party in the Dutch province of North Brabant.

States-Provincial of Groningen

States-Provincial of Friesland

States-Provincial of Drenthe

States-Provincial of Overijssel

States-Provincial of Flevoland

States-Provincial of Gelderland

States-Provincial of Utrecht

States-Provincial of Noord-Holland

States-Provincial of Zuid-Holland

States-Provincial of Zeeland

States-Provincial of Noord-Brabant

States-Provincial of Limburg

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